John Balogh's FAQ Page


Here is a list of questions (answered) which I seem to be asked frequently.
  1. Where do I look up a name given an IP address range?
  2. Where can I find a list of Internet Measurement Tools?
  3. Where can I find Mbone Conferencing Applications for various platforms?
  4. Where can I find more Telecom information?
  5. What is the North American Numbering Plan for Telephones?
  6. Given a phone number's Area Code and Exchange, how do I find the location?
  7. I have this question on Ethernet...
  8. What are the pin numbers for 10baseT ethernet cables?
  9. Where is the SNMP FAQ?
  10. Where are the Internet FAQs, RFCs, FYIs, and IENs?
  11. Where can I get information about ISDN vendors and interoperability?
  12. Where can I find more about V.34 Modems and other 28,800 bps considerations, plus Cable Modems and DSL?
  13. How can I find out more about Cisco products?
  14. Where can I find out what is the registered authoritative DNS server for a domain?
  15. Where can I find out who is the owner of a domain on the internet?
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  17. Where can I find theGuide to the Internet?
  18. What time is it?
  19. How do I specify a username and password for FTP in a URL?
    ftp://username:password@ftphost.subdomain.domain.tld/directory/filename.extension
  20. Where is that chart of Ohm's Law and Joule's Law?
  21. What type of UART is in my PC?
    Check out UARTtype, available here as a pkZIPped (9,836 Bytes) file. Runs under DOS. You may also check MicroSoft's MSD.EXE which might have come with other software from that company (MS-DOS or MS-Windows).
  22. How many Mbits/sec. are T1, T2, T3?
    According to Bellcore/AT&T-derived tables I have:
    
    T1 =  DS1  =   1 x DS1 =   1.544 Mb/s  =   24 DS0 +      8 kb/s  "framing  "
    T1A = DS1C =   2 x DS1 =   3.152 Mb/s  =   48 DS0 +     80 kb/s  "         "
    T2  = DS2  =   4 x DS1 =   6.312 Mb/s  =   96 DS0 +    168 kb/s  "  and    "
    T3  = DS3  =  28 x DS1 =  44.736 Mb/s  =  672 DS0 +  1.728 Mb/s  "         "
    T4  = DS4  = 168 x DS1 = 274.176 Mb/s  = 4032 DS0 + 16.128 Mb/s  "signaling"
    
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  23. What can you tell me about EMail -to- Radio Pager gateways?
    RFC1703 provides a reference on a suggested addressing scheme.
  24. Where is the Trumpet WinSock IP stack and their FireSock proxy?
  25. What WWW server are you using?
    I was using whttpd by Robert Denny on MS Windows 3.1, but now use WebSite (that Robert Denny sold to O'Reilly) on MS Win.NT 4.0.
  26. How do I check a URL for proper formatting? Use Weblint.
  27. Where can I find a quick reference on HTML?
  28. What is the weather like around Pennsylvania?
  29. What about the weather forcast for State College/University Park?
  30. Where can I find radio station call letters and frequencies?
  31. What is the weather doing around central PA?
  32. Where are some other WWW sites you've found interesting?

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Last updated 10:30 AM , August 16, 2002.
John D. Balogh